Google NativeClient Security Contest 175
An anonymous reader writes "You may remember Google's NativeClient project, discussed here last December. Don't be fooled into calling this ActiveX 2.0 — rather than a model of trust and authentication, NaCl is designed to make dangerous code impossible by enforcing a set of a rules at load time that guarantee hostile code simply cannot execute (PDF). NaCl is still in heavy development, but the developers want to encourage low-level security experts to take a look at their design and code. To this end Google has opened the NativeClient Security Contest, and will award prizes topping out at $2^13 to top bug submitters. If you're familiar with low level security, memory segmentation, accurate disassembly of hostile code, code alignment, and related topics, do take a look. Mac, Linux, and Windows are all supported."
Any project named NaCl (Score:5, Funny)
Simply has to be taken with a grain of salt!
Re:Any project named NaCl (Score:5, Funny)
So what you're saying.. (Score:3, Funny)
Don't be fooled into calling this ActiveX 2.0 â" rather than a model of trust and authentication, NaCl is designed to make dangerous code impossible by enforcing a set of a rules at load time that guarantee hostile code simply cannot execute (PDF).
So what you're saying is..
Using just one half of NaCl could be poisonous, but when sprinkled atop the web as one all is well?
Re:gee - sounds exactly like... (Score:3, Funny)
Which in turn sounds pretty similar to... Java!
Re:Any project named NaCl (Score:5, Funny)
Good one. It made me CaCl.
Re:Any project named NaCl (Score:5, Funny)
Q: Why did the bridge end up in police custody?
A: It was charged with a salt
Q: Why did the wire end up in jail?
A: It was connected with a battery
Q: How do you know the potassium did something wrong?
A: They were inside a cell
Re:This is like the opening of a monster movie (Score:5, Funny)
where the scientist is saying he's covered all the bases, and nothing can go wrong.
If this is a monster movie, I'd hate to think what ActiveX was.
Oops... (Score:5, Funny)
...guarantee hostile code simply cannot execute (PDF)
Hah! Was that a jab at Adobe?
Re:2^13? (Score:5, Funny)
Admittedly, it's after past 1AM, so maybe my maths stopped working by now, but isn't 2^13 about 8000 dollars for the grand prize?
I contacted Google and their reply [google.ca] confirms your approximate amount.
Re:Any project named NaCl (Score:4, Funny)
A name like that would poison support for their project.
It made me cackle too (Score:3, Funny)
It made me CaCl2.
(Calcium takes two anions.)
Re:2^13? (Score:4, Funny)
Looks like you already did.
/me ducks and runs
Re:Any project named NaCl (Score:5, Funny)
PbF!! Yeah right it did.
Will Slashdot receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering the onomatopoeic bond?
Re:It made me cackle too (Score:4, Funny)
It's easy to get a reaction from a chemical nazi.
Re:Oops... (Score:3, Funny)
NEVER, EVER give slashdot a challenge you don't want fulfilled!
Chalenge:
1. RTFA!
2. ???
3. I win! (profit)